Article
Inbreeding depression in an asexual population of Mimulus guttatus.
Journal of evolutionary biology - 1 Nov 2009
Marriage T N, Kelly J K
Abstract excerpt
The reproductive mechanism, that is whether an organism outcrosses, selfs or asexually reproduces, has a substantial impact on the amount and pattern of genetic variation. In this study, we estimate genetic variation and genetic load for a predominately asexual population of Mimulus guttatus, and then compare our results to other studies of predominately sexually reproducing (outcrossing and selfing) populations...
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